Atlanta United returned to MLS play in Toronto after a 26-day hiatus in the league, and the Five Stripes certainly looked like a team who hadn’t played a league match in over three weeks — despite TFC missing a handful of crucial players. In the end, a wild encounter finished with Frank de Boer’s team headed home disappointed after a 3-2 defeat.
One would’ve never expected the hosts to have such success in attack, as Atlanta’s typically stingy defense faced a side missing front man Jozy Altidore, plus influential midfielders Michael Bradley and Jonathan Osorio to the Gold Cup.